Spanish municipal station Radio Vitamenia has upgraded its main broadcasting studio by installing an AEQ CAPITOL IP digital audio mixer. This decision was driven by the station's desire to modernize its technology, particularly with the addition of online streaming and podcasting services, and to attract a younger audience. The AEQ CAPITOL IP was chosen for its robustness, ease of use, and comprehensive IP connectivity, making it ideal for the station's needs.
   

Radio Vitamenia is the municipal radio station of the town Santa Maria de Palautordera near Barcelona – Spain. Station has always broadcasted on the 91.5FM dial, but in 2022 the station launched its new website with streaming service, as well as podcast offerings on Ivoox and Spotify platforms, in parallel to an ambitious plan to attract the youngest audience of the moment called Radio Random.

Currently the technical management of the company has decided to renovate its main broadcasting studio where of course AEQ digital technology occupies a prominent place being the heart of the whole system an ultra-compact AEQ CAPITOL IP mixer through which all the signals produced there pass. Given the level of operators of the station, it has been decided to install AEQ technology for its robustness and simple operation.

AEQ CAPITOL IP is an 8-channel fixed configuration Digital Audio mixing console. In CAPITOL IP the implementation of IP connectivity is based on a single module of 16 input and 16 output channels, incorporated in its core. One of the main qualities of AEQ CAPITOL IP is the wide input capacity available: 4 micro/line, 12 analog, 4 digital stereo AES/EBU (AES3), 2 digital stereo USB, 2 optional telephone lines, and optional digital multichannel audio links; 16 AoIP channels over two ethernet connectors or 64 MADI channels input over optical fiber.

The AEQ CAPITOL console is very popular in municipal broadcasters around the world, as it offers digital technology with IP functions, supporting the latest features demanded by the market, but with a very simple and especially robust operation, which makes it the perfect unit for these local studios and their particular management.